BALLET PANORAMA BY BARON, Sterling Henry Nahum, Author and Photographer 1954 HC

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BALLET PANORAMA BY BARON, Sterling Henry Nahum (Baron), Author and Photographer 1954 Hardcover w/Dust Jacket
Title:
BALLET PANORAMA BY BARON
Author:
Sterling Henry Nahum (Baron), Author and Photographer
Other Contributors:
Arnold L. Haskell, Introduction and Commentary
Published:
1954 Rinehart & Company, New York NY (printed in Great Britain)
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Format:
book
No. Pages:
222 pgs
Size:
11-1/4 x 9 inches
Edition:
unstated, assumed first edition
Cover:
hardcover, dust jacket
Illustrations/Photos:
profusely illustrated
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About this book:
From the dust jacket:
BALLET PANORAMA follows Baron at the Ballet, one of the most successful books about the ballet ever published. It retains the handsome format of its predecessor but covers almost entirely new ground, including the triumphal European tour of the New York City Ballet, and contains the best of Baron's work in London, Paris and Copenhagen over the last two or three years. The photographs, like all of Baron's work, are superb.
Arnold Haskell has written an illuminating introduction and commentary to supplement Baron's brilliant camera exploration of the ballet world of today.
Stirling Henry Nahum (1906 – 5 September 1956), or Sterling Henry Nahum (sources differ), known professionally as Baron, was a society and court photographer in the United Kingdom. He was born in England of Italian Jewish heritage. Having embarked on a career as a photographer, in his thirties he began to find prominence for his pictures of the ballet, and was often found at the Sadler's Wells ballet company. After the war he concentrated on society and celebrity portraits.
A friend of Prince Philip, he was appointed a Court Photographer to the British Royal Family, and took the official photographs for many occasions such as the wedding of Philip to Princess Elizabeth in 1947, the christenings of their children Charles and Anne and other occasions. Prince Philip put forward his name in 1953 to take the official photographs of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, but the Queen Mother preferred Cecil Beaton.
The following year, he founded Baron Studios on Park Lane in Mayfair, taking commissioned portraits by photographers including Theodore Zichy and Rex Coleman mainly of leading businessmen. One notable sitter was Marilyn Monroe, whom he photographed in 1954, in an outdoor shoot in California. During the first year in his studio, Antony Armstrong-Jones was one of his assistants.
Two years after founding his new venture, Nahum died at the age of 50. Baron Studios continued in business until 1974.
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Condition:
Good (G): Describes the average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects noted by the seller: — dust jacket has some edge chipping and repaired edge tears, price clipped — book cover with light wear and corner bumps — previous owner's note on front free endpaper — remainder of book is clean and tight.
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